Federal Judge Tells Interior to Reconsider the Polar Bear

WASHINGTON—A federal judge Thursday ruled that the government should reconsider whether the polar bear is an endangered species, re-opening an issue the Bush administration tried to settle in 2008.

U.S. District of Columbia District Judge Emmet Sullivan said the Bush administration decision to list the polar bear as a "threatened species" should be reviewed again by the Interior Department, and ordered the government to...